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Tomorrow Bristol North West CLP will be choosing their candidate for the next General Election. The shortlisted candidates are as follows:

Keir Dhillon is a Labour Party, Co-op Party and Union Activist who works in IT.Darren Jones was Labour’s PPC in Torridge and West Devon in 2010 and was born and brought up in Bristol North West. He works as a lawyer and has the backing of Unite.Simon Bowkett is a Labour a Cooperative councillor for Pinhoe ward on Exeter City Council, where he’s also the Labour Group Whip.Sundar Thavapalasundaram Julia Tickridge

Update: It appears that Sundar and Julia have both dropped out of the selection process – leaving just 3 shortlisted candidates to choose from.

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